Assistant maternel • CCN 3239

What an assistant maternel is paid

The hourly minimum per child, how the monthly salary is built, and what is an allowance rather than pay. Figures in force since 01/06/2026, each with its article.

Last updated 20 September 2026AdminLanding Editorial

The hourly minimum, per child

An assistant maternel is paid per child and per hour of reception. Two floors apply at the same time and the employer owes the higher of the two:

Hourly minimums in force
Floor	Amount	Source
Conventional minimum	€4.20 gross / hour / child	CCN 3239 annexe 5
With the AM-AP professional title	€4.37 gross / hour / child	CCN 3239 annexe 5
Statutory floor (0.281 × SMIC)	€3.46 gross / hour / child	CASF art. D.423-9
Floor to apply today	€4.20 gross / hour / child	In force since 01/06/2026

CCN 3239 annexe 5 — avenant n° 10 du 5 février 2026, art. 1 (KALIARTI000054254156) ; arrêté d'extension du 4 mai 2026 (JORF du 8 mai 2026)

From the hourly rate to the monthly salary

The pay of a regular reception is averaged over 12 months, so the same amount is paid every month whatever the weeks of reception (CCN art. 108.1). Which formula applies depends on the care mode written in the contract (art. 97):

Mensualisation formulas
Care mode	Monthly salary	Paid leave
Année complète (52 weeks)	hourly rate × hours a week × 52 ÷ 12	Paid when taken, in place of the monthly salary (art. 102.1.2.1)
Année incomplète (fewer than 47 weeks)	hourly rate × hours a week × weeks of reception ÷ 12	An indemnity on top, set on 31 May (art. 102.1.2.2)
Occasional care	Not averaged — paid by the hour (art. 109.3)	1/10 of the pay, at the end of the reception (art. 102.1.2.3)

In an année incomplète the weeks without reception are written in the contract, or given in writing at least 2 months ahead (art. 98.1.2), and the paid leave is excluded from the averaged weeks (art. 97.1).

What is not salary

Two allowances sit next to the pay and follow their own rules. They carry no social contributions, and they are excluded from the base of the end-of-contract indemnity of art. 121.1 — a point that changes the amount due when a contract ends.

Allowances
Allowance	Floor	Article
Maintenance (entretien)	€3.92 for a 9-hour day (90 % of the minimum garanti), i.e. €0.43 an hour — never below €2.65 a day	CCN art. 114.1 · CASF art. D.423-7
Meals	Its amount and the meals provided are written in the contract	CCN art. 114.2
Travel with the child	A kilometric allowance agreed in the contract	CCN art. 114.3

CCN 3239 art. 114.1 ; CASF art. D.423-7 · urssaf.fr — « Le Smic et le minimum garanti augmentent au 1er juin 2026 » (mis à jour le 27/05/2026)

Declaring the month

The employer declares each month on Pajemploi: the hours of reception and the gross pay of the month, plus the allowances. The declaration opens on the 25th of the month worked and is due by the 5th of the next month. Pajemploi computes the net and the contributions.

Both parties see the same hours and the same gross on AdminLanding: the assistant maternel records the month, the family confirms it, and a difference is flagged before the declaration rather than after it.

The rest of the relationship

The same relationship, from the contract to its end — each page states the rule with its article.

Frequently Asked Questions

Minimums, mensualisation, allowances and leave.

Q.What is the minimum hourly pay of an assistant maternel?

Two floors apply and the higher one wins. The conventional minimum of CCN 3239 annexe 5 is €4.20 gross per hour and per child (€4.37 with the assistant maternel–assistant familial professional title), in force since 01/06/2026. The statutory floor of CASF art. D.423-9 is 0.281 × the hourly SMIC, i.e. €3.46 at the SMIC of €12.31. The floor to apply today is therefore €4.20 per hour and per child.

Q.How is the monthly salary calculated?

The pay is averaged over 12 months (CCN art. 108.1). Année complète — the child is received 52 weeks a year: hourly rate × hours a week × 52 ÷ 12. Année incomplète — fewer than 47 weeks: hourly rate × hours a week × number of weeks of reception ÷ 12. Occasional care is not averaged: it is paid by the hour (art. 109.3).

Q.Is the maintenance allowance part of the salary?

No. The indemnité d'entretien covers what the assistant maternel provides for the child (materials, water, electricity, games). CCN art. 114.1 sets it at no less than 90 % of the minimum garanti for a 9-hour day — €3.92 for such a day, i.e. €0.43 an hour — and never less than €2.65 a day whatever the hours. It is not pay, it carries no social contributions, and it is excluded from the base of the end-of-contract indemnity.

Q.How are meals paid for?

Either the parents supply the meals, or the assistant maternel does and receives a meal allowance whose amount, like the meals provided, is written in the contract (CCN art. 114.2). Like the maintenance allowance, it is an allowance and not pay.

Q.How is paid leave paid?

It follows the care mode. Année complète: the leave is paid when it is taken, in place of the monthly salary (art. 102.1.2.1). Année incomplète: an indemnity on top of the monthly salary, set on 31 May, paid in one go or in twelfths — the CCN excludes any other way, so never a flat 10 % every month (art. 102.1.2.2). Occasional care: 1/10 of the pay, at the end of the reception (art. 102.1.2.3).

Q.Is there a separate contract for each child?

Yes. CCN art. 90.1 requires a written contract for each child received; a sibling's contract is legally distinct. Pajemploi has declared per child since 25 January 2026. Seniority and the trial period carry over from the first contract with the same family.

Q.How many hours a week may be worked?

CCN art. 96.2: 45 hours a week; art. 96.3: 48 hours at most, averaged over 4 months; art. 96.1: 11 hours of daily rest. Beyond the weekly hours written in the contract, the extra hours are paid at the rate agreed there.

Q.Who pays for the documents?

The employer's Home Employment Pack (€29) covers both parties: the invited employee generates their own documents from the same pack and pays nothing. Recording the relationship, the invitation, the hours of every month, the confirmations and the reminders are free for everyone.

Q.Can the employee use it alone?

Yes, in one case: the employee who ends the relationship themselves. The Employee pack (€9) then opens the employee-side documents — resignation, request to waive the notice, request for the end-of-contract documents, reservations on the settlement receipt, end of the trial period. Everything else is the employer's doing, and the employee is never asked to pay for it.

Q.Does the platform keep what is typed on a document?

No. What a party types for a document — a social-security number, a child's first name, an agrément reference, the facts of a letter — is printed on the PDF and kept nowhere. The shared record holds the terms of the relationship, its dates and its figures, visible identically to both parties, and nothing else.

Q.Does AdminLanding declare to URSSAF in my place?

No. The declaration is made by the employer on cesu.urssaf.fr or pajemploi.urssaf.fr. AdminLanding never connects to those accounts: it keeps the month both parties agree on, and reminds them before the deadline.

Q.Is any of this legal advice?

No. These pages state the published rules of the convention collective IDCC 3239 and of the Code du travail, each with its article, so that both parties apply them. They do not assess a situation, and they are not a substitute for the official sources or a qualified professional.

Sources

Convention collective nationale des particuliers employeurs et de l'emploi à domicile (IDCC 3239) — consolidated text on Légifrance: socle commun, socle spécifique « salarié du particulier employeur » (art. 161 to 163) and socle spécifique « assistant maternel » (art. 119 to 121).
Avenant n° 10 du 5 février 2026 — arrêté d'extension du 4 mai 2026 (JO n° 0108, 8 mai 2026) — minimum wages of annexes 5 (assistant maternel) and 6 (salarié du particulier employeur), applicable from 1 June 2026.
code.travail.gouv.fr — Code du travail numérique (Ministère du Travail): contribution pages for IDCC 3239 and the Code du travail articles cited on this page (L.1234-19, L.1234-20, R.1234-9, L.3141-28, L.1237-13, L.1237-14).
cesu.urssaf.fr / pajemploi.urssaf.fr — URSSAF services through which the particulier employeur declares pay and produces the end-of-contract documents.

Rules verified on 26/08/2026 on Légifrance and code.travail.gouv.fr (CCN 3239 articles read: 162.4.1, 162.6, 163.1, 63.2.1, 119.1, 120, 121.1, 44-1-3, 64-2, avenant n° 10 annexes 5/6). Page published 24/08/2026, last updated 27/08/2026.

Important: AdminLanding is a technology platform, not a law firm. We do not practice law, provide legal advice, or act as lawyers (avocats), notaries (notaires), bailiffs (commissaires de justice), or any regulated legal professional as defined by French Law No. 71-1130 of December 31, 1971. This page states the published rules of the convention collective and the Code du travail, for information purposes only — it does not constitute personalized legal advice. Verify your situation with the official sources (code.travail.gouv.fr, Légifrance) or a qualified professional before acting.

Which procedure applies: for a particulier employeur, the dismissal procedure of the convention collective IDCC 3239 applies instead of the Code du travail procedure (CCN art. 161.1.1: the rules are those of the convention; art. 161.1.1.1: entretien préalable from the 4th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the first presentation of the convocation, then notification by registered letter from the 4th to the 30th jour ouvrable counted from the day after the entretien). The Code du travail reaches this sector only through the closed list of art. L.7221-2, which does not include the L.1232-2 procedure.

Calculate the dates and the amounts — free

Notice end date, end-of-contract indemnity, paid-leave indemnity and the documents hand-over calendar, computed from the rules of the convention collective IDCC 3239 for both parties. No account needed for the calculation.

Open the end-of-contract calculator

Save the dates to your account — reminders for the notice end, the documents hand-over and the settlement window (free). Documents: €29 pack for this relationship, both parties (€9 for an employee alone).

Documents for both parties — €29 per end of contract

The Home Employment Pack covers one relationship and its 13 documents — 3 written by the employer, 4 by the employee, 1 by either party, 5 naming both — issued in French with an English companion page and placed in the Vault of both parties. The employer's pack covers the invited employee, who pays nothing; an employee whose employer is not on the platform takes the €9 Employee pack for their own documents.

Electronic signature optional — €1.50 per signer, credits shared across all your documents (Rental and Home employment). The calculator, the shared calendar, the reminders and the invitation stay free.